Hampden-Sydney Deals Setback to No. 10 Lynchburg

Defender Ned Bowden (Crozier, VA / Collegiate) put the Tigers
ahead 1-0 just 1:05 in to the game on a transition goal, but
Lynchburg tied the game just 13 seconds later when Max Voumard
picked up the face-off ground ball and scored at 13:42. The rest of
the quarter would be all Hampden-Sydney, however. Following a
30-second pushing penalty on Lynchburg's Chris Hower, Ryan Martin
(Midlothian, VA / Cosby) scored on the man-up at 7:29 to take what
would prove to be the lead for good. Jake Koferl (Huntersville, NC
/ Lake Norman) found the back of the net at 4:31, and Thomas
Armstrong (Charlotte, NC / Charlotte Latin) scored 50 seconds later
to put H-SC up 4-1. Jess Hawthorne (Richmond, VA / Collegiate)
found the back of the net with 1:08 left to make it a 5-1
Hampden-Sydney advantage after one quarter of play.

The H-SC offense kept rolling on through the second quarter, but
the Lynchburg offense got on track as well. Vin Curran scored
Lynchburg's second goal 39 seconds in, but Martin posted the next
two to put H-SC up 7-2 at 10:16. Lynchburg scored another goal
right off the face-off as Curran won the face-off straight up and
beat the H-SC defense for a goal in just eight seconds. The goal
sparked a 3-0 Hornets run as Berk Ellis and Campbell Armstrong
posted back-to-back goals to trim the deficit to just 7-5 with 5:49
left in the half. The Tigers responded with their own 3-0 run to
end the half leading 10-5.

Scoring came at a premium in the second-half as each defense
began to take over the game. Todd Galvin make it a 10-6 contest at
the 12:16 mark of the third, but Hughes nullified it just under two
minutes later to keep it a five-goal Tiger lead, 11-6, with 10:49
remaining in the third. Voumard scored the lone remaining goal in
the frame at 4:56 as Hampden-Sydney went into the fourth leading
11-7.

H-SC took the opening face-off in the fourth, but a turnover
resulted in a transition goal for Lynchburg's Austin Stewart just
34 seconds into the fourth. Hughes scored what proved to be the
game's final goal with over 10 minutes left. The H-SC defense put
the Hornets on lock down the rest of the game and David Noftsinger
(Richmond, VA / Collegiate School) made three key saves in the
final six minutes to seal the win.

Curran and Voumard led Lynchburg with two goals apiece while
Campbell Armstrong had a goal and an assist. Curran also went
11-for-19 on face-offs.

H-SC held advantage in nearly every statistical category: 11-7
saves, 36-25 ground balls, 11-16 turnovers committed, 9-7 caused
turnovers, and 36-33 shots. The Tigers went a perfect 15-for-15 on
clears and held Lynchburg to a 12-16 performance. Lynchburg
narrowly won the face-off battle 13-24, but the Hornets were 0-3 on
man-up compared to a 2-6 performance from the Tigers.

Hampden-Sydney concludes the regular season with a pivotal
contest against #9 Washington & Lee on Saturday at 1 pm at
Everett Stadium. The game could potentially determine who earns the
#2 for the ODAC Tournament.